Where does “貨物列車” come from?

貨物列車 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 列車, from Chinese 列車 — train.

貨物列車 (Japanese): freight train, goods train

Definitions

  1. freight train, goods train

Ancestry of “貨物列車”, step by step

貨物列車 traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 列車

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese列車train
2Chinese列車train

via Japanese 貨物

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese貨物freight, cargo
Every word from Chinese 列車 →Every word from Japanese 列車 →